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Hang on a minute, I don't want to sound like @erics44, but why do people on here talk about Bruno like he was a pile of shit?
He went in with loads of World Champs, had a great Career , rocked Tyson when he was at his peak, gave Lewis the fight of his life, was a World Champion.
If any of this current crop surpass his achievements, they'll have had a very good career. I'm not saying that can't happen, but come on, show a bit of respect.������
Agreed. Bruno did progress , coming back better from losses right up till Lewis fight in which he acquitted himself well, taking a risk a little too early on Lewis.
Bruno was stopped by Bonecrushe, Witherspoon and rocked by Jumbo.

A peak Tyson was going through a divorce, fighting in the street and unconditioned but Frank still fails to win. Bruno wins the title at his 4th attempt clinging on for dear life.Bruno then gets blown way by a shell of a Tyson after prison in his first defence. Frank was more fragile that Amir Khan.
He gassed in the last round against Bonecrusher (who became a World Champion btw) after winning the first 9 rounds. Good learning fight for him.
He got stopped by Witherspoon , who was World Champion.
In the fight immediately before Bruno, Tyson had just knocked out Michael Spinks in the 1st round when everyone was saying that was going to be his biggest test to date. Immediately after he beat Bruno , he beats Carl "the truth" Williams , who was One of the best around at the time, again 1 st round KO.
Yes, he got rocked by Jumbo Cummings, but KO'd him in the end. So AJ can get rocked by Whyte and win, and Fury can get floored by a CW And some Serbian and win, and that's OK?
So he won the World Title at the 4th attempt, so what? Martyn Murray never.
I'm not saying Bruno was a World beater, and I'm not saying he didn't have flaws, but he was a hard hitting brave guy, who always came in the ring in shape.
Today's batch have got the potential to surpass him , but they haven't done so yet, so let's not be so disparaging about him.
What if Fury and AJ lost their next fights? And are Haye's achievements at HW any better than Bruno? Is Haye's victory over Valuev better than Bruno's v McCall? And are Bruno's efforts v Lewis and Tyson 1 worse than Haye's effort v Wlad? Just saying.😄